Worth Rs 210,024 cr, it is Rs 1,100 cr shy of combined Rs 211,186 cr value of Tata Motors and M&M
Budget was a mild disappointment. Yet, the bull run continues.
Sebi is looking at further tightening the norms for P-Notes to address concerns raised by the Special Investigation Team on black money.
Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings, tells Puneet Wadhwa that the US bond market that hit bottom in 1981 and has been in a bull-run since then, is coming to an end.
P-Notes, mostly used by overseas High Networth Individuals, hedge funds and other foreign institutions, allow such investors to invest in Indian markets through registered foreign institutional investors.
According to the Dun & Bradstreet CFO optimism index, nearly half of the surveyed CFOs expressed optimism regarding the macro economic scenario for the Indian corporate during the April-June quarter of this year.
These include Great Eastern Energy Corporation and Shemaroo Entertainment.
Unless companies press the pedal on implementation, further stock price gains might be limited, says Hamsini Karthik.
Investments into domestic shares through participatory notes (P-Notes) surged to the highest level in more than six-and-half years at Rs 2.65 lakh crore (about $43 billion) in October.
Gold is often favoured as a hedge against economic and financial uncertainty
The mutual fund industry also witnessed record sales.
Between now and the general elections (likely in May 2019) there are 12 assembly polls, which analysts say, in a way will also be interpreted as a referendum on the Modi-led government's key reforms
Inflation and asset prices have eroded the value of money.
S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices gained 2% and 1.6% respectively
Sebi has initiated action against companies suspected to be existing 'only on paper'.
Indian industry will have to deal with high raw material prices, and user industries will see their costs rising though with a lag in some cases.
In absolute terms, the year closed with the market capitalisation of all BSE-listed companies rising by Rs 45.5 lakh crore to Rs 152 lakh crore, or an increase of 42.8 per cent, compared to the closing value on December 30, 2016, says Pavan Burugula.
Industry players say they have learnt from the bitter experience of 2008 and have far better checks and balances in place to avoid an encore.
From the political maelstrom in Washington to the humanitarian disaster in Yemen to the deadly unrest along the Israel-Gaza border, photographers captured a world in turbulent transition.
'The Indian market has all the factors at the moment: Over-valuation, over-confidence, reliance on some source of massive fund flows and massive scams.' 'The trigger for a collapse could also have arrived.' warns Devangshu Datta.
Bullish dollar sentiment overseas alongside sluggish domestic equity market predominantly impacted the domestic currency
'Everybody fears them and rightly so. Who in his right senses wouldn't fear these agencies?' 'They can take away everything in seconds with near zero recourse to law.'
According to the latest data released by market regulator Sebi, the total value of P-Notes investment in Indian markets (equity, debt and derivatives) declined to Rs 1,63,348 crore (Rs 1,633.48 billion) at the end of January from Rs 1,67,566 crore (Rs 1,675.66 billion) in the preceding month.
It's good for diversifying portfolio and saving for long-term goals
The decline is attributed to lower salary growth and a rise in households' financial liabilities.
Spot gold was up 0.6 percent at $1,103.60 an ounce by 0318 GMT, after an early low of $1,096.65.
Though the sum was nowhere close to the big-ticket monthly purchases seen during the 2004-2008 bull run, it is significant, as it confirms the reversal of a selling spree that began in September 2013.
A falling rupee and lower foreign buying in equities are signals investors should watch out for, says Devangshu Datta
The longer a bear market lasts, the more the eventual returns are, says Devangshu Datta.
Political risk culminating from elections in the US and Latin America, and evolving right-wing populism in Europe could lead to substantial volatility, say Abheek Barua & Tushar Arora.
'They were the leaders of my country and the children of Mother India, but they didn't die as martyrs.' 'They were killed, most unfortunately, by a well planned enemy plot, and they were victims of political violence,' states Sudhir Bisht.
As 2018 draws to a close and the white noise of 24-hour news cycles and Twitter storms fade into the background, it is already clear that history will remember only a handful of those people, each of whom has taught us something about ourselves and the rapidly changing world in which we live.
Inflation has seen some moderation in the recent past, falling from double-digit figures in 2013 to 7.8 per cent year-on-year in August.
References to the stock market occur in popular discourse only when the market is overheated and normal middle class people are entering stocks with an unhealthy short-term perspective, says Devangshu Datta.
Chinese gold demand slid to a four-year low of 866 tonnes.
This is the highest since May 2008, when the cumulative value of such investments stood at Rs 2,34,933 crore
'The big elephant in the room is our misguided view about the rupee.' 'India is scared that if our currency appreciates, who will buy from us. But a breakout is inevitable.'
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The world endured bushfires, drought, tsunamis and earthquakes in 2018.
According to the latest data released by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, the total assets under custody of foreign institutional investors in Indian equities declined by about Rs 44,000 crore (Rs 440 billion) to Rs 12.93 lakh crore as on July 31, 2013.
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